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 John Guy Vasaar's Will The will at the gate John Guy Va»ar, the nephew of the founder of Vawar College, has been admitted to probate. He eayi in the instrument that, having no lineal hem, his desire and aim in the disposition of his property ia " to do the most good and to for- WMd the cause o! humanity." After making a large number of small bequests to various relatives, he provides for these legacies He gives to the Baptist. Church of Pough- keepsie $10,000 toward paying the morteage and other debts of the church, provided the church raises a sum sufficient with this le^cy to pay cflf the mortgage and other debts of the church within two years from his decease, to the Baptist Church of Christ of Poughkeepsie fS.OOO the interest to be applied annually toward the payment of the salary of the pastor to the YoungMen's Ghnstain Association of Poughkeepsie $1,- 000 to the Women's Christian Association, $1,000; to the Old Ladies' Home, $1,000; to tha House of Industry, $1 ,000 to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelly to Animls, $1,000 to the Associated Fire Department, $1,000 to the American Seaman's Friend Society of the city of New York $5,000. He gives these churches at PoughKeep sie, viz the First Raformed Chu'ch, the Second Reformed Chrch, Christ Church, St. Paul's Church, the Presbyterian Church, the Washington Street Methodist Church, the Cannon Street Methodist Church, the Universalist Church of Lafayette place, the Friend's Society of Lafayette place, the Is- raelite Synagogue of Vassar street, S 8 Peter's Catholic Church, S 3 Mary's Catholic Church, the German Catholic Church, and Zion Colored Church each $500, the interest to be applied to the purchase of books, trasts, and papers for ^the use of their Sunday schools. He gives to Vassar Brothers Home for Aged Men $67,000, the interest to be used in paying various annuities, and after the persons benefited bytbese annuities have died the interest is to be applied to various uses of the institution. He gives to the ex- ecutors of the will of his deceased brother Matthew $25,000 in trust, to be applied to- ward the full completion of the Vassar Brothers hospital building and appurtenan- ces. He gives to the Vassar Brothers Hospital $200,000 to .form part of the maintenaDcs fund of the hospital to the Vassar Bro- thers Home for Aged Men, $25,000 for the general purposes of the Home to the same institution, hiatwo brick houses and lots, 224 and 226 Mill street to the same instit ution $5,000, to be known as'the John Guy Vassar poor widows' coal fund to Vassar Brothers Institute, $15,f00, the interest to be applied toward the enlargement and support of the museum and for scientific and art work in the inst'tute. He gives to Vassar College $40,000 for the purpose of founding, a chair of natural his- tory $40,000 for the purpose of founding a chair ol modem languages $10,000, t) e in- terest to be applied toward the purchase of materials and apparatus for the- department knows as Vassar Brothers, Laboratory, in thatcjliBge $20,000. to be known as the •• John Gu7 Vassar Music Fund, " the inter- est to be applied toward the payment of the expenses of the music department $20,000, to be known as the "John Guy Vassar Art Fund, " the interest to be applied toward the payment of the expenses of the art depart- ment. He directs his executors, within six months, practicable, to purchase suitable grounds in Poughkeepsie for an orphan asylum, to be knowu as the " John Guy Vassar Orphan Asylum, " for poor legitimate orphan child- ren, free of charge, born in the. connty of Duchess, and open alike to all creeds and color and free from all sectarian irfiuence. For the purchase of such grounds a"d erect- ing a building be authorizes his ex itors to expend $81 000. He dirrct? his executors to procure an act passed by the Leeislature in corporatin? the asylum $1,000,000 for a per- mfiuenc fund for its maintenance. In the event of Vassar College being in need of n.ocey to meet obligations, he au- thorizjs his executors to loan the college$25, OOO, to be repaid out of its share as one of the residuary legatees. He gives all the rest of his estite to the "John Giy Vassar Orphvin A'?ylumn," when incorporated, theViissa- Brothers Hospital and Vassar College equilly, share acd sh are alike. He appoints James H. Weeko, Olive H. Booth, and Elward Van Kleeck. all of Poughkeepsie, his executors, revoking all forner v/ills made by him. The will was drawn on Feb. 7 1885. In a codicil dated Qjt. 4. 1888, he says that he has purchased the College Hill pro- perty, and he directs his executors to devote ti e property to the purposes of the Oaphan Asylum. He gives all his right and interest in the plates and copyrights of his book of. travels entitled," Twenty Years Around the World,' to Vissar College. Feichance to Dream. The young man dreams of the young girl, and the youug girl dreams of the young man. The old maid dreams of the man who once loved her, and her imagination fills up to date the vacuum in her baart and her life. It must be awfully comfortable to dream of a husband who will be true to her, but to. dream of one who has been is one of the consoling prerogatives of the old maid. I fancy the crustiest old bachelor dreams sometimes of that girl he came near propos- ing to twenty years ago, and he knows now she would have accepted him. He was afraid she wouldn't then, and so he didn't ask her; but it is a consolation to reflect in -his growing age that she most cer tainly would have married him. But there are so few old bachelors now-a-daya. Divorce is io easy that every body risks things and gets married. And I suppose there are men and women who dream of di- vorce, and fashion bright fancies of freedom to solace the sufferings from the chuns of matrimony. It is sad. There are not many things in the worid so tonchiag, ao heroic, so grand as a woman holding nobly to the marriage vow and her motherhood in the face of neglect, omelty, maltreatment on the part of the haaband. But, i^ter all, a woman ia never really brought oat exuept by Boffering by heraelf, or of tnoM ahe lovea. Bat that haa nothing to do with tha draMn- ing. We all dreiun we all like to dreMn, and it la a bappy diapeaaation ol PtoTideaoa that our disi^ppidBtinaiit doaa not proffviit onr dreaming again.â€" [Saa Fnuidaoo Ghroniola. i" « 1 .. I. J It ia folly to boUaTO that mm oan faith- folly leva, who doaa not love falthfalaaaa. Tea oaa not diaam yonaelf iato chaneter JOB rnnat haaomer and florsa fownidf one. How to be Inteiestiiur. Moat persona, it may be admitted, eaonot become interesting without an effort. The writer knew a man of an in^nisitlTe but not primarily an original mind who waa al waya a moat entertaining companion on ac- count of his information, upon wliioh he drew modeatly, and without boring anybody, whenever it waa needed. And having the habit, he kept himself filled wf by reading and observation. The society of a man bf this aort never palla, if, of oonrse, he haa been well enough brought up to be personally agreeable. While it ia not poBaibl» to pre- scribe a rule by followins which girla may become entertaining ana always deaired membara of aooiety, it ia safe to say that a person will never be interesting nnleaa ahe ia interested. To be intereated in aomefehing outside of onA'a self ia a necessity of the situa- tion. That al ways wit h any oompanion makes a point ot intereat There has been a growing complaint this season â€" and it ia one of many seasons' atandingâ€" of the aoarcity of yoang men at the resorts, and it has also been hint- ed that the young men who did appear were uninteresting. This ia the fault ot the young men, for the young women have been aa at- tractive as ever. But it must be kept in mink that however devoid of entertaining qualities men may be at a certain age, from laok of experience and of any actual taking hold of life (or from the idea that they know it all), they will aoon plunge into work, either business or a profession, that will in- tereat them, teach them a knowledge of human nature and of affairs, and then they will become, in one degree and an- other, interesting persons. Where will the young women be then who have been co::- tent to rely upon the charms of youth and beauty, and have cultivated no interest^ in anything beyond the more or less artificial- ities of being agreeable in a conventional society? No partnership goes well unless all the parties contiibute something to it. Marriage is* no exception to this, as a great many people have discovered, even those who do not accept the cynic's definition that marriage is intended for discipline. Love being, of course, the attraction in marriage, good comradeship is the working capital, and good comradeship batween uninterest- ing people is an impossibilicy, unless each is too stupid .to find out vhat the other lacks. This goes upon the assumption â€" perhaps it is a strained one in theje days â€" that get- tisg married ought to be an object to be considered in preparation for life. But the argument for a girl to m»ke herself interest- ing by gainiog informadon and by throw- ing herself enthusiastically in':o some sort of pursuit is still stronger if sne intends to remain single, or remains so by chance. For to be destined tp one's own company when one is uninteresting and devoid of external interests is a dreary outlook. On the other hand, is it feared that modem edu- cation will be pushed so far, and girla will become so interesting, that they can fiad no equal mates? There sometimes seems to be this danger. .But it can at worst only- be temporary. Boys are very quick to "catch on" (it is their own phrase) to a new idea, and whatever course girls take, they are reasonably certain to draw all men after them. The world has been so arrang ed. â€" Harper's Magazine. A ^•^^ '^/^ Some Simple Bemedies. When stung by a bee or a wasp, make a paste of common earth and water, put on the place at onca and cover with a cloth. For a cold on the chest, a flannel rag wrung out in boiling water and sprinkled with ttirpentine, laid on the cheat gives the greatest relief. For a cough, boil one ounce of flaxseed in a pint of water, strain and add a little honey, one ounce of rock candy, and the .iuice of three lemons mix and boil well. Drink as hot as possible. Often after cooking a meal a person wil feel tired and have no appetite; for this beat a raw egg until light, stir in a little mi!k aid sugar, and season with nutmeg. Drink half an hour before eating. For a burn or scald, make a paste of common baking soda and water, apply at once and cover with a linen cloth. When the skin is broken, apply the white of an egg with a feather; this gives instant relief as it keeps the air from the flesh. At the first signs- of ring round, take a cupful of woodasbes, put in a pan with a quart of cold water, put the pan on the stove, put your finger in the ptm, keep it there until the water begins to boil, or as long as it can be borne. Repeat once or twice if necessary. Qaeer Toys. Each year we hear of soma new toy, meant to furnish pleasure to those who are able to paytfor such things. Music boxes are among the commonest of these. A cut-glass decanter with a mudoal box concealed in the bortom is the latest novelty- in the line of fancy articles with mnaioiJ attachments. The decanters are tinted in a variety of delicate colors, which serve to conceal the faUe bottom under which the mechanism is placed. Clear glass bottles are also made, and when partly filled with wine or colored liquid conceal tho works still more effectually. The muaica. box ia wound by means of a button under the bot- tom, and plays only when the decanter is placed on the table. Musical plates are made in a similar manner, but the mechan- ism in them does not play when the plate ia on the table, but when it is lifted to be passed around. A concealed apiing uxder- neatQ starts and stops the works. Tbb plates and decantera cost $7.50 each. The moat eUgant fancy article that emits muai- cal aouoda ia a gold annff box. It ia ele- gantly wrought and ia maivellona in ita working. Preasnre npon a amall diao caaaea a ciroolar lid about the aize of a ailver dollar to fly open,' and a little bird popa into view. !nie feathered aongater warblea in exact imitation of a oanary. No great charaotera are formed in tfaia world without anffering and aelf-dsniaL It will be a aoaree ot ooagmtalation to phllanthroriata all the world over ahoidd tha ooolnacB eaat^ betwaae Enslaoid and 0«r- nmof be ramowd by the oaoAiBatiaB ol tiia twopowan fot tha mppraaainn «f Aenn in Afrioa. Enghad haaaofarbeanaOawadto domaatefttapoHaawaykfa r i ateftHii gtba hotrriUa traffio £a aUvaa, bat ift Ji ycWaM that Gamuuiy haa axpraaaad bar wHUnfliaaB tooo-opamto in tha food worici and nan graanaat ia arrlrad a^ tha aUhid oaTala aqnadnoiB wiU no doabt ba atra^ •â- eai^ to â- tanp oat (ka alaya trada alt HEBE AHD TH£BE. California aeema to bo a good plage to atay away from. The daily preaa of tlw Eattorn Statea is receiving aoorea of lettora from mechan|c8 and others who have been induced by false representations to aeek work in Cali- fomian towns. It ia atated that thonaands of men are out of employment, that wagaa are conarquently low, and that board ratea are very high, Hanlan'a faOnrea have auggeated the de- airability of his retirement fram tha aqnatio pr'ofeaaion. In very nearly every depart- ment of hnman endeavour men whi olimb to the top of the tree find- the deaoent awiftand certain. Particularly ia thia the oaae where proficiency reata upon mnioalar develop- ment. Hanlan at his prime would have done well to have reated on hia laorala. Hia case has a moraL It teaohea the leaaon of thrift. A body waa taken from Fianoe to Italy to be cremated, and the Italiana levied a duty of $7o upon it When the aahea were re- turned to France the French prooeeded to collect another Cuatoma duty npon them. But we cannot afford to laugh at thia. A few weeka ago the Cuatoma anthorities leyied a CDs!»ma duty npon a live miaaionary. He was a Caineae Chriatian, broujght to Viotoria by the Methodiata to evangelize the China- men there. A aimple and novel aoheme of graduated taxation ia auggeated in the Sostrvm, a new journal published in New York. Ita plan la that if $100 worth of property ia taxed tencenta, $1,000 should pay $1, $10,000 shouldpvy $100, and $100,000 ahonld pay $5,000. On eatatea valued at over $100,000 the taxation it Is proposed should be five per cent. The Rostrum thinks that this method of taxation would discourage the accumula- tion of great fortunes, and woiild tend to relieve the burdens of the poor and equalize the wealth of the community. The principal difficulty in connection with any such system of taxation would be to convince property owners and wealthy men that it wouid be equitable. The oiiizena of Quebeo are apparently somewhat exercised over the action of the ocean steamship companies in carrying im- migrants through to Montreal by water. Oie suggestion which has been made ia that the Canadian Pacific railway and Grand Trunk railway should combine and refuse sheir specially low through ratea to all im- migrants carried by watar past Quebec. It seems to us that the wishes of the immigrants themselves ought to be considered, in a large number of cases it must be a great con- venience to the immigrant to m carried through to Montrea.l without leaving the ship in which he crossed^ the ocean. Under the present system the immigrant can, no doubt, disembark at Qaebeo if he so chooses. The decoy letter industry will be re- membered as a striking feature of the Presidential campaign of 1888. The baits were prepared with care, but'Lord Sackville was the only person taken in. The Pro- hibitionist candidate. General Fisk, received one. It waa signed John L. Hoover, and professed to be the enquiry of a staunch pro- hibitionist who wanted to vote for Cleveland, and asked if that course would not be effec- tive in helping the cause. The answer waa that the Probibitiauists must poll a strong vote regardless bf the effect produced on other partiea. If General Fisk had shown any signs of weakening, no doubt the Ra publicans would have used it as a pretext tor bringing back prohibition voters to the Republican ranks. In England the stage is being attacked from various quarters. The British Univer- sal Review in a. recent issue published a very bitter article refl acting upon the morality of the stage. Its editor in some subsequent comments expressed his opinion that the present social worship of the stage is a bad thing, and that the dramatic profession is, generally speaking, a dangerous one for wo- men, an undesirable one for men; and, moreover, it is not one entitled to rank equally with those great professions which are concerned with the serious matters of life instead of its amusements. The London Lancet attacks the blood and-thimder drama and the ultra-realistic school in general, and claims that "the highly -wrought) scenes produced at nearly all the theatres not only direct the thoughts, but actively stir the passions in such a way aa to familiarize the average mind with murder in all ita forma," and that these representations are a apeoies of " murder culture." Bnnaway Hones. Hilda Losing Their Way. The migration of birda is beaet with many perils wud many difficultiea. Birda often lose their way a contrary wind or a apell of dark, cloudy weather appeara to diaor- ganize their moveinenta, and, like marinera without a compass, they are at a loaa which direction to take. Many wonderful aoenes are witoesaed at the lighthouae on aome parts of the British coasts during the season of migration. Sometimes when the moon ia suddenly hidden by a bank of clouds the lanterns of the lighthouse are the point to which the stream of migrants hasten, and where in a confused fluttering throng they beat against the glass like moths round a candle and fly to and fro, utterly bewildered and completely lost. They see ^n to have no idea of their true course, and fly aimlessly about, many killing themselves against the glass, others faUine into, the water below. The lightmen are alert on these occasions, and Cloture numbers of the poor loat travelera with hand neta. General Gordon on Marriage. In conneotion with the controversy on the queation " la marriage a failure T" it may be interesting to quote the following extraota from Gordon'a letters :â€" Moogle, Sth Aug- ust 1875.-1 think that, happen wliat wiU, a hnaband ought to take hia wife and obild- ran ^th him wlierever he goaa, imd traat God with the reanlta the separation Is on- natural, and ahowa how little wa traat God. It is not the olimato, ic la not the fever, ba« it ia Ha who anaps the thread, for wiaa por- poasa of Hia own. Bridge tiw gtttf tfaia aide of it, and tiieae very temporary aanar- ationa will loae thab aUng. Ib^ed pao^ wUh iaodliaa MUMn poiriUy Md the same ^dewa aa aingia paopla, I a^ ** oaanotpoaaiUy." bat I qiaaa tbat it la »i- likely tikqnhonld.' "WhitraJkbSabigiihMa MagK.1 tUaki if jdM wiiala^rSU.tia boAaadlaaot^ aad aIm wtm; bow oAan oM laaa tiwll SooMhaw om feds hart at ona'a jawala nat bMOg-appcaeiatad. A Boaton oorreapondent of the Wooa- aooket Patriot tella how a |oang poUoeman, Charlea Maynea, atopa a rokaway horse :â€" When yon see a runaway coming do not try to check him ly a rush from toe oppoaite direction or tha ^e, for yon will be immed- iately knocked .flat by the collision, but instead prepare yourself for a short run with the horse. Measure with your eye the distance, and start fsrche run while he is yet some way off, perhaps ten feet in the case of fair to mKdiam runaways. Yon may depend npon his keeping a straight line, for a really frightened horse is half blind and would not veer for a steam engine. He will go straight ahead nntil he snushea into something, tio do yon get close to the line on which he is rnshing, and as he paasea yon grab the reins near the saddle. Gather the reins firmly, and then, leaning back- ward aa yon ran, give tiiem a powerful yank. Y on may be able to braoe yourself as yon give this yank, half sliding on your feet. The strong jerk on the bit tolls the horse that he again has a master and pre- pares him for the final strnsgle. A step or two forward after the first yank, do ft again. This is the finishing stroke. It never fails when given by a determined man. The horse ia on ito hannchea. Keep a firm pull on the reins till yon grab -the horse by the noatrila and hold him ao till he ia pacified." In atopping a apan of horses Maynes tries to get on the side of the wilder one, as,- if pulled to ito senses, the other one can be manage-i. The tosk is easier if the horse has a curb bit. A runaway may also be stopped by the driver in the same manner. "If yon pull steadily with all your strength on a curb bit," says Maynes, "the effect on the horse's jaw is just what it is if you tie a cord tightly about youi fioger. The blood doesn't flow, and the finger becomes numb. After a firm pull has been maintained on the horees's mouth for a while it ceases to have any effect. You cannot then foroe him out of a run if he is frightened. But give him bis head a little tilt the mouth recovers fro-n its numbaess, lash hi-n with the whip if you have a free road, and then give him a sudden yank. He will come down. If the first yank isn't enough give him one more. There isn't a horse on earth which can run away with a competent driver if the harness holds." Maynes has risked his life a rumber of times, and has had some perilous encount- ers beforesnbduing frightened animals. He has received a melal from the Humane So- ciety' and $50 from the Cab Society. A New Niagara. Glenwood Springs, Col., Nov. 2, â€" A hunting party, returned from the moimtains north of the Grand river yesterday, and re- ported the discovery of a wonderful water- fall hitherto -unknown. Though not equal to Niagara in volume, it was thought to ex- ceed it in beauty. The place is on Illfle Creek, 25 miles from here, and is supposed to have never been visited by white men be- fore. The stream spreads out to a width of 300 feet at the brink, and the water glides over the rock edge, spreading out into a thin sheet as it falls, a distance of 150 feet to the bottom of the canon directly underneath. The party dismounted, and carefully creep- ing along the base of the perpendicular wall passed behind the aquatic tapestry into nooks and caverns beneath the overhanging ledges. The walls and arches were thickly studded with stalactite and stalagmite for- mations of rare beauty. Not on' the Play-Bill The audience at the Palmyra (Mo.) Opera house an evening or two ago were startied by a shower of plaster, and looking up beheld a pair of legs dangling forty f aet above them. In a moment the legs disappeared. A police- man captured the cause of the unusual distur- bance, which proved to be a youth who wanted to see the performance without buy- ing a ticket. He had reached a space be- tween the ceiling and the roof through a sky- light in the latter. Sudden Change of Base. Husband (impatiently) Is it possible, my dear, th»t you cannot keep those chil- dren quiet for a moment Wite (soothingly) Now, John, don't be harsh with |ihe poor little innocent things it is natural for them to be full of spirit, and they're doiog the best they can. Husband Well, if I could have a mo- ment's peace I would sit down and write that check for fifty dollars that youVe been bothering me for. Wife (sternly) Children, go upstairs at occe 1 and if I hear another word from you to-night I'll punish you severely. A Iione:-Lived President. Irish guide to American tourut " And there is no king nor quane nay ther in Amer- ica, they're tellin' me, sur?" Indifferent Tourist: " No we've a Presi- dent there." " And bow long have you bin bavin' a President, moigbt I ax, snr " I. T. " Oh, somethiiag over a hundred years 1" Irishman, stopping paralyzed with aston- ishment " Howly sainte t And do they live that long beyant there?" Bztenuating Gircumstances. Wife I was so annoyed, my dear, to- day, to fiud one of my piotores displayed in a photog raphr's show-window. Eusband:Why didn't yon go upataira and tell himto take it out Wife I declare I didn^t think of thatâ€" and, beridea, the picture ia a very good one I Not Low Enough fin That. Woman (to tramp, kindly ^How would yon like a pair of my bnaband'a old shoesT Yotira aoem to be dropping of yonr feat. Ihrami^I do need aboea, ma'am; what bnainaaa ia yoar hnaband In t Womanâ€" He'a waiter at Dehnonico'sL Tnmf (prompthr)â€" No, ma'am I wonld look mora tfabM banlDot I nay baa tTMBp, bnt I have iHDl som»««nMQtlor mr "*~"' appaarpaoaa. Ihara b said to ba n-aoanllgr «(^3 bat m Boat oo^Csss w had aol iâ€"I ins' artiwitliafl Itii hmx -« «l% tbiaa Buunrlad dMmbters say « â- Wan, rir. whiB jnhnf tfaiaa •« i* MiBions of Eabbiti' "A pair of rabbits wiU n,.j rabbita in two years i?lS^, ?m,^ ment that at first seem, ai»«C when James Watson, of '^^^'S w the other day to a paWj of -MS thought he was jestiSttvfSS'""" ftJ phia Press. Yet it is « ff ' PhilS Watson is one of the larg^t ",5?«h1 Viotoria, Australia, h,^'rS"k 30,000 acres. The problem of hJ*""" minate rabbita is t£e greSestn "" confronta the people of Austwlu*^ ^\ their entire prosperity depSdl^ J?'** IS in hope that Yanki iiSh^- **• able to solve thU impo^? ^J!"«'» 1 Mr. Wat«,n now viaita^ericr**^ "You can imagine what a terrivi the rabbita are,^8.id Mr W»^^^'PV« the Australian Govermnent UnJ^' a fence of wire netting which .k"^% pleated, will be 8,000 miles £ i? " will divide New South W»k?*' ^rv*"^* land, and the fence is to preveSh^"""" ting over there. P"'«MtWget. "We have tried hundreds of wa«* rid of the rabbita, but so far nJt? ** ?* beensnccassful. Weareont»K^ the increase. About the ^^,«"?* thU is to scatter fruit withaSTo «S« ground, bnt this is very npS u^ 7y i^'« wued eoo^bitsW^tJ, of sUoed apples. Then we used pboroli of oats, but the trouble with tbh phosphate soon loses its effect. I think T beat method in use is the ordiuary rattar, but all these methods are very enenXS' For instance, it costs the Government Victoria $lM.00p a year to keep tKbta down on the Crown (Government) u2 The Government pays ten cents a Dir Z M rabbita kUled on their lands TJ^ man can make $40 per week killing rabbite. These men use traps, and one man can work 100 traps. "A law has recently bean passed that compels the owner of hnds to keep the rab- bits down. If he should fail to do this he ii fined $50 for the first offence, §100 for the second, and upon the third offance the Gov- ernment employs men to attend to the rab- bits at the expense of the land owner. In many instances owners are campelled to give up their land, as the expense ii lo great. The owner of 10,000 acres ia obliged to employ 100 men for killing rabbits alone, and as a result land that a few years a;o was worth $50 an acre is now only worth $4. "I have found a way by which 1 can keep the rabbits down and make- money by it, but, of course, every ranchman cannot do this. I have started a rabbit canning fac- tory. We can tha rabbits much the sane way that beet is canned here, and onr prin- cipal market is in England.- At present I am canning 5C0.00 rabbits a year, all of which are killed oil my ranch, and still this number does not keap the pest down as the Government rt quires. I put a rabbit and a half in a can, and at present I make 37 cents profit on a dc zen cans. They are retailed in England at 12 cents a pound, and con- sider mg the high price of beet it wonld be supposed rabbits would be'come a favorite dish with the poor of England, yet the rab- bita are now only purchased by the higher class, who consider them a great dainty. ••How long have we been bothered with the rabbit? About ten years. Ribbitewere brought to Australia about twenty years ago from England for sporting purposes. A pair will usually produce four does and two bucks. The does breed when two months old, and they have on an average four litters a year. You can calcalate from this, and you will find that the statement that a pair of rabbits will produce 2,000,OtO in two years ia not so preposterous as it at first appears. I brought a man over from South America jast before I left, and he firmly believes that the South Amencan skunk would get rid of the rabbits. Any- way, the Australian Government offers » reward of $100,000 for the best plan for their extermination. An Astonished Driunmer. The Rev. A. E. Dunning, D. D., the man- ager of the Congregationalist ptibUshing house and Sabbath school work, and one of the busiest men in Boston, is an off tana approachable m^n with a bright, wmmmr face, easy manner and per-sonal majjnetuon, that contribute much to his success. Henw none of the outward signs of the clencai calling, but looks more like a business man. He travels nearly all of the time, and he says that in the cars he generally pmm" a drummer and is recognized by the fratOT ity as one of their number. On going mw Minneapolis one Saturday evening, a snao young fellow approached m a free and easy •' Going to stop over banday •♦ Yes." replied the Doctor. •• Stop at the Blank Hotel, 1 snpf^e •« No I am ffoing to stop with a menu. ..S,me a^oS^d^to the^otel to-mor«w aftornoon and we'll have a racket Qaite» number of the boys wUI be there. •• Bnt to-morrow is Sunday. " I know it, and that's why we can have such a good time." gjt ••Oh. I think that we felows Tjw'g^. travellfagall the time ought to keep o»» day,"said the Doctor. _„ mod n»- ••Yes," assented the drummer, good «» Tedly, •• but I'll bet yon f" ;.„ -o to ••I'll tell you what I.1I do; Hi " ohnroh to-morrow if you wiu i ^„ "I'll do it. Where shall we go â-  -^^ ••To the First ConsregationaL best church in town," ^,,, u.|; yon •• AU right. I'll be there, hut 1 « ' won't I" „„r/«Bffto hi* The drummer was there accordwgj ^^ promise, and could hardly beueve when he saw his f"e»'i^"^*^*£ tried to asaend to tiie pulpit. V'-^'SUt^ find him after tiie service, but he nau for tha charity fund t«»y Brown-N^K*"'^*" *^ five dofiars. ^, .y. -,y I fe* D»„d,y^Well, that's ^e ^J ^, y By the Way, Brown, can yon len forafewdurs? .. „„_ibiy, DnailJ- Brown-5«'t do Pjf^^rf to ff^ Didn't I jMfctaU you leant «• away fivardoUaa? jjeMber-"(Who wm CbriWV-- boal" Fri«a-"Idaina" -, .•Whodboov««i^^»«™»i •« Wdl, I •awr «* »«• tha bkasa to ma." Joa otfitW Aiilidiientuie in British C f'-:--A THANKSGIVING SK In British Columbia we have ^,^tly nuhde much account of Th aa a holiday for, as Dominion su iMonle have always been aocuatoi Soon it as a kind of Yankee feast 2i a leval with the Fourth of lieing festivals pecnUar to the Bepnblio. Within the last few years, how Qaoadiana have evincea a disposit a Thankagividg-Day dinner, aa w oeighbora acroaa the border. Tfa also grown in popularity among t Uana. At my f ather'a place (in the up of the Frazer River) we had qu niated diaonasion upon this subject three years ago. My brothers i in favor of making a Thanksgivin and of gathering to it all our fam muiy of the neighboring settlers i petauade to come. We planned a shooting match of i^ill, like the Scotch, in the then a right royal dinner, w different courses of meat, tish including elk, deer, bear and bu to wind up the day, a grand pa and dancing. But father walS conservative an enanoed the whole £cherae. In U not approve of these Americanis but we finally compromised, an( consent to the Scotch games and while we gave up the shooting tiie dance. As I shall not again mention tl for my story is of an adventure I while elk -hunting a few days p it, I may here say of the dinn the occasion generally, that it w; a Buccess, and proved so enjoyab have kept Thanksgiving ever sii On the seventh day of Nov( brother Wallace and I, accompa voung Englishman named Wi: Jake Sonnet, a half breed in my f ploy as a cattleman, set off up th two small skiffs to hunt for a w thai^agiving. The Frazer had not yet frozen went up the river, " carrying" a rapida, one day's paddling, and en let Creek, a small tributary oi iwift water, which we follow* afternoon ot the second day, our ing to reach two iittle lakes t mountains, where we expected to more abundant. That night we ouraelvea a comfortable camp on bank, a little below the first of the of which the creek in the outle had a good dinner and rested an two, we re-embarked and paddl the lake. It wVa probably the first time tfa light" hunting had ever been there we had brought up a Ian reflector for the purpose. The with the lantern, in front of it, the noae of the skiff, and while S died slowly and without noise c the wooded shores, the rest of ue our double- barrels in the shado the light shield, and watched for We had not proceeded far whe heard the brush crackle, and wli Sonnet to go easy. A moment lat •• blew," stamped his feet, and h Winston caught sight of the li{ gray of bis antlers, and, rising sl feet, fired at short range with struck the animal's shoulder, forward into the -lake, directly the skiff, when a second ball from left barrel put an end to its life. Larding for a moment only t elk ashore, we went on, and witl hour I had the satisfaction of i second elk, which stocd with its planted on a leg in the edge of i staring to intently at the Ian though it did not move, I saw reflected from its great bulging ej We had no further success t however, and, after an hour mo back, and having buojed the tw each with a drift-log, towed th camp. The elk were fat and hea Next nightâ€" having resolved our jack-light and do no othei we went out again en the san shot a third elk, a black-tail •• red-cat" but the weather turn* and cold during the night. As wc sure that a storm was impendin, and I thought it best to get out a thj creek should freeze over, fo satisfied with the bag we had m Wallace, however, declared tha not leave â-  till he had tried rh( on the upper teke. So, after cussion, next morning the young 1 and myself loaded out skiff with the venison, an4 sit off for hon after a hard day's work paddling portages, we arrived at ten evening, having the current and in our favor The event showed that we wisely, for during that very came on one cf the coldest and fi galea of the entire season. tteadily for thirty six hours. of snow was full four feet. It di too, in Bom* places to a deptl feet. We felt not a little anxiety I hunters left in the mountains, an have felt far more bad we known *hey were encountering. We ^Mwever, that they were merels â- nd as they had eight or ten d hms, we anticipated no greater them than is usual f- -m extrem Kibly, Blow slides. As the kept the river open, we ex yter the storm was over they y down in their skiff. lAto in the evening of the thi •â- r anival home, they came in "0 aaarly odianated aa to be acai ^••k or to atand. Boata warm porridge was give 5»»aT«r gave apirita in sncb *«y were put into bed and aUo ^tarmptedly till tiie nex ^m, they got np to dinnei "MWl imoewhat stiff, cJ^ea their own guns, they SSfNaWh a Winchester carbm* JSIf •Mtrtdgai in two highly "H«i%4d tiSey were bundled «^^"to ba Indian moocasms gyg^"" '*^^ Howtiieyl